The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-11-12
Obltuary-Thomas s. Beck

AT the request of number of the friend:
and relatives OF the deceased, who failed tc
secure copies of last weeks papers, we re-
| publish the following from the Bethlehem
Times:
At o'clock Saturday morning Thomas S
Beck departed this life ut his home on Second
avenue, West Bethlehem, aged 80 years and q
days. The deceased Is from that family of Becks
which emigrated to America more than a cen
tury ago. and who first located at Dryland, this
county, and subsequently settled in the Mahon
ing Valley. Thomas s. WAS born In Mahonng
Township, Carbon county, this State, on Oct o.
1923, and was the second youngest Of twelve chill
dren OF the late George Beck and his wife, Bar.
bara Steigerwalt His parents were well-to-dc
farmers and their children were given good edI.
cations. After attending the township schools
Thomas entered the Eas0n Academy where he
graduated. He was n claSs-Inate of eX. Judge o.
Ii. Meyers. On Sept 81, 1851. he married Miss
Mary Wannemacher, daughter Of Jacob Wanne.
macher, of Lynn Township, Lchigh county. The
wedding took place at MahOning, the officiating
clergyman being Rev. T. A. Bauer now OF HaZe.
ton, In the spring of the following year Mr. and
Mrs. Beck went to housekeeping at Lchighton,
That year the deceased entered into copartner-
ship with his brother. Jonas Beck, and for five
yeaas they conducted general store. Then the
partnership was dissolved and Thomas carried
on the business for himself. In the year 1854 he
was appointed postmaster at Iehghton by Pres
ident Franklin Pierce which position he filed
with credit for 20 years. In 1874. upon retiring
from office, Mr.. Beck opened stationery store.
That Spring lie was elected Justice of the Peace
for five years, and he was reelected at the expir-
alton OF that term lie also held the Office of
Notary Public, On Jan. i,iSs3, lie was appointed
Commissioners Clerk of Carbon county and
served for three years On Feb. Il of this year
Mr. Beck and his family moved here, taking up
their residence in West Bethlehem. For three
months he filed II clerkship In the General
Freight Office Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and
on May 6, owing to Illness he had to resign his
position. Since then he has been in poor health
-Four weeks ago a change for the worse took
place, and he took to his bed never to rise again
The deceased was commitment member of
the Lutheran Church. He helped to build the
Lutheran Church at Lehghton and was for
many years an officer of the Church Upon his
removing here he connected himself with the
new Lutheran Church In West Bethlehem and
was elected superintendent ofthe SundaySchoOl
However, lie was too i'll TO I'll the position The
deceased was very highly respected mt Lehigh-
ton, and Notwithstanding his short residence
here he had many friends and acquantances
who will learn of his death with the deepest re-
gret. Besides his wife an only son. T. Glenn.
Beck, employed ut the Valley Offices. survives
His parents, a sister and -four childien preceded
him to the grave. His surviving sisters and
brothers are; Mrs, Leah Miller, Barnesvie
Mrs. Jacob Derr, Oberlin, o.; Jonas Beck, Fos-
toria, o.; Mrs, Caroline Dilrher, Mahoning Mrs
Hannah Boyer, Lewistown; Mrs. Mary Bauer,
Blockhouse; Mrs. u. Kelley and Mrs. II. b. Reed,
Pontiac, Ill. Mrs. James Keller Ansonia, Conn.
Daniel Beck, Mahonins.
The funeral took place on Tuesday morn
ing from his late residence, No, I22 Second ave
nue.. The remains were taken to AIahonng on
the s;25 a. m. train and were Inferred IN the
cemetery donated to the Lutheran Church by his
father, and where his parents and children are
buried.